Apparatus for violet ray treatment



y 1943. c. s. FILZER 2,323,529

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Application December 26, 1939, Serial No. 310,936

Claims.

The present invention is designed to improve violet ray apparatus and also involves an arrangement of said apparatus in connection with means improving the application of the ray and the method of such use.

In carrying out the invention I provide a case or enclosure for the coil, condenser and immediately associated parts and provide a fan which is connected with such enclosure by means of which circulation of air may be continued through the enclosure. This is important generally, but particularly important in connection with the treatment which also forms the subject matter of the invention.

The invention also involves a common control for the fan, motor and the ray apparatus so that with a single control there is put into operation the different phases of th apparatus in proper sequence.

The invention also involves a proper enclosure and a use of the ray so as to maintain the ozone created by the ray in contact with the portions of the 'body which may be under treatment. Features and details of the invention will appear from the specification and claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings asfollows:

Fig. 1 shows a side elevation.

Fig. 2 a similar view from the opposite side of the apparatus.

Fig. 3 a side elevation showing the apparatus mounted on a couch and the manner of treatment with the apparatus so arranged.

Fig. 4 a sectional view of the controlling switch.

Fig. 5 a rear elevation of the apparatus.

Fig. 6 a front elevation of the apparatus.

Fig. 7 a sectional view of the case with parts removed to show the connections and wiring.

Fig. 8 a sectional view of the case along the line 88 in Fig. '7.

l marks the case. This is provided with a switch socket 2 arranged on a plate 2a on the side of the case. A plug 3 is arranged in the switch socket 2, A cord 4 extends from the plug 3 to the resonance coil 5, the resonance coil being placed in a tube from the handle for the applicator. The coil is connected through an electrod i, extending into tube 8, which terminates in an applicator 9. These are of common construction.

The frame of the device has four rods in from front to rear, these being connected with a rear plate Illa and a front plate 10b. A bridge plate H is secured to the rods Hi by means of collars 32 secured in place by set screws it. A frame block it is secured to the rear of the bridge plate i l by screws 15, distance sleeve it being arranged between the block it and the plate i i The usual magnetic coil ll is carried by the block A plug I8 is provided to connect the apparatus to a supply current. A core l9 extends from the plug it and is provided with the usual switch 29. This plug terminates in a switch-plug 2i which is adapted to connect the current to and from a socket 22 arranged on a plate la. on the case. The socket'BZ is connected by connecting bars 22a with a socket 23. A plug 24'is placed inthe socket 2.3, and one line 25 from the plug leads to the magnetic coil ii. The opposite line extends. from the plug through a wire 2%, 27, 28, 29, and 29a, to the opposite side of the coil, A cord 33 of the coil operates in connection with a vibrator plate 3! carried by spring arm Sid and a contact 32 carried by a controlling rod 33 which is screw-threaded through a nut 32a in the bridge plate.

A click wheel 33 is arranged on the adjusting rod'and operates with relation to a spring clip 35 arranged on a collar 38. A set screw 37 is provided for th collar, the set screw also providing a connection for wire 33, the wire 38 extending to a switch plug 39 which plug is adapted to operate in connection with a socket til on the plate 2a. The socket til is connected with the socket 2 and with the connections heretofore described leading from them to the resonance coil. Thereturn wire Q! from the socket 413 and plug 39 connects with the wire 2'! and also with the vibrating plate 3!. The connection is stablished, therefore, through the click wire 38 and the return circuit described through the vibrator.

The control rod 33 is connectedthrough an insulating block $2 with a rod extension 43 which has an operating knob i i, By operating the knob 44 the contact 32 may be advanced or retracted so as to initially make the vibrator active and then to vary its adjustment to vary the intensity of the ray. A stop collar 33b is provided to limit the inward movement of the rod at its innermost adjustment.

In the present invention the controlling rod with its knob also controls the switch mechanism which sets the apparatus in operation. A plate 45 is arranged n the face of the insulating block 52. A rock. arm it engages the face of this plate and consequently is swung as the rod is moved inwardly through the screw threaded connection of the rod as the rod is advanced, making the vibrator active. The rock arm 4&6 is carried by shaft 41 and this shaft is carried by journals 48 mounted on the tops of posts 49, the posts being secured to the top of the case I. A rock arm 50 is arranged on the end of the shaft and has a screw 5! securing a socket 52 with an insulating pad 53 at the end of the arm. The pad 53 engages a head 54 arranged on the end of a sliding rod 55. The sliding rod 55 is slidingly mounted in a sleeve 51 and this sleeve is screwed into a supporting sleeve 58 secured on a post 59. A spring 60 opposes the movement of the rod 55 inwardly and a stop 6| on the rod limits its outward movement. The rod 55 when pulled inwardly makes contact with a head 62 on a rod 63. The rod 63 is slidingly mounted in a sleeve 63a and the sleeve 63a is screwed into the sleeve 58. A contact screw 64 is arranged on the outer end of the rod 63 and secures a contact terminal for the wire 65. The wire 65 extends to a coupling 66 and a return wire 61 from the coupling leads to a plug 68, this plu operating in a socket 69 on the plate la, and the socket 69 being connected with the socket 22, and therefore with the source of supply. A cord 10 runs from coupling 66 to a motor "I l. The motor is carried by a fan 12 and drives the fan. The fan obtains air through openings 13 and discharges air through a tube connection 14 to the motor II, and circulating around the coil and condenser therein and cooling the same. The air may be discharged directly through the atmosphere. The air may be returned by connection 15 to the motor so as to cool the motor. A portion of the air may be returned to a casing 16 of the motor. A portion of the air may be returned to the atmosphere through openings H at the rear of the box, these openings being controlled by plate valve or shutter 18.

A couch or bed 19 on which a patient may recline is provided. The plate lllb is secured to a head 80 of the couch by screws 8i, the controlling rod extending through the head and placing the knob in easy reach of the patient 82 reclining on the couch. A cover forming an enclosing means for the patient is provided and the extension is of sufficient length to permit of the applicator being grasped by the operator and used in the treatment of the body and closed by a cover 83. This treatment produces ozone which is retained by the cover in contact with the body and thus enhances the beneficial effects of the application of the ray to the body. The ray through the applicator may be moved to different parts of the body for treatment. The placing of the control apparatus in easy reach of the patient and so arranged that it may be controlled without substantial opening of the cover makes it possible to vary the intensity and control the ray as desired without substantial loss of the ozone maintained within the cover.

This apparatus by reason of the fan and the cooling effect may be continued over a considerable period whereas the ordinary violet ray apparatus is limited to short periods of use by reason of excessive heat involved, and where the apparatus is used in the manner indicated a longer period is required for the suitable production of ozone and the continued treatment than the ordi. nary violet ray apparatus will provide.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a current generator designed for use in a violet ray apparatus of the type having a violet ray applicator tube, a resonance: coil activating such tube, and a lead from such coil to a current generator, a current supply, a case, the current generator comprising a magnetic coil and condenser enclosed in the case, an electric motor, a fan driven by the motor, connections from the current supply to the motor and to the current generator, a connection leading from the fan to the case providing circulation for the magnetic coil, and a common control means for the apparatus and motor, said control means connecting the supply with the motor in advance of the generation of the ray.

2. In a current generator designed for use in a violet ray apparatus of the type having a violet ray applicator tube, a resonance coil activating.

such tube and a lead from such coil to a current generator, a current supply, a case, the current generator comprising a magnetic coil and condenser enclosed in the case, an electric motor, a fan driven by the motor, connections from the current suppl to the motor and to the current generator, a connection leading from the fan to the case providing circulation for the magnetic coil, and a connection returning air from the case into cooling relation with the motor.

3. In a current generator designed for use in a violet ray apparatu of the type havin a violet ray applicator tube, a resonance coil activating such tube, and a lead from such coil to a current generator, a case, the current generator comprising a magnetic coil and condenser enclosed in the case, an electric motor, a fan driven by the motor, a connection from the fan directing air on the magnetic coil, a current supply for the magnetic coil and motor, a switch controlling the said supply, and a control for the vibrator, said control actuating the switch.

4. In a current generator designed for use in a violet ray apparatus of the type having a violet ray applicator tube, a resonance coil activating such tube and a lead from such coil to a current generator, the current generator comprising a magnetic coil and condenser, an electric motor, a fan driven by the motor, a connection from the fan directing air on the magnetic coil, a current supply for the magnetic coil and motor, a switch controlling the said supply, and a control for the vibrator, said control actuating the switch in advance of putting the vibrator in action.

5. In a current generator designed for use in a violet ray apparatus of the type having a violet ray applicator tube, a resonance coil activating such tube and a lead from such coil to a current generator, the current generator comprising a magnetic coil, a vibrator acting with the magnetic coil, an operating rod for the vibrator, said rod putting the vibrator into action initially and controlling the vibrator in action to control the ray, an electric motor, a fan driven by the motor, a connection from the fan directing air on the magnetic coil, a current supply for the magnetic coil and motor, a switch controlling the supply, said switch comprising a rock arm in the path of the operating rod, a shaft actuated by the rock arm, a switch arm on the shaft, a switch rod moved by the switch arm, means for adjusting the relation of the switch rod and the arm, a switch closed by the switch rod, yielding means for the switch rod permitting a continued movement thereof after contact to permit of a control movement of the operating rod.

CHRISTIAN G. FILZER. 

